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Discourse analysis and social constructionism

01 December 2004

Nurse Researcher

Discourse analysis

Discourse analysis (DA) is underpinned by a social constructionist orientation to knowledge. Social constructionism rests on the philosophical assumptions that...

Discourse analysis: integrating theoretical and methodological approaches

01 October 2006

Nurse Researcher

Analysis

This article by Carmel Seibold describes a study of 20 single midlife women undertaken in Melbourne, Australia, and an approach to analysis that fuses theoretical...

Theoretical and methodological approaches in discourse analysis

01 December 2004

Nurse Researcher

Discourse analysis

Discourse analysis (DA) embodies two main approaches: Foucauldian DA and radical social constructionist DA. Both are underpinned by social constructionism to a...

Child and adolescent mental health nursing seen through a social constructionist lens

13 November 2015

Nurse Researcher

Conceptual frameworks

Aim To discuss the theoretical framework of social constructivism and justify its appropriateness for and compatibility with an interpretive approach to child...